DREAMING & CONFIDENCE W/JAMI HAMMEL PT. 2

We are closing out Season 5 of the Cultivation Podcast with Tom's wife, Jami! She returns to wrap up the words to live by season by discussing "Dreaming and Confidence".   Confidence is defined as a feeling or consciousness of one's power or resilience in one's circumstances; faith or belief one will act in a right proper way; quality or state of being certain; relation of trust or intimacy.   While Jami is Tom's wife of 21 years, a mother, musician and Health Coach, she had to learn confidence. In her life, she built that by getting healthy because it brought on another level of capability. But she adds that means getting healthy in all areas of her life and relearning things about herself.    Tom says we are the single most influential voice in our own lives, what we say to ourselves about ourselves carries a lot of weight. Healthy self-talk means shutting out negative thoughts of unworthiness or incapability. That can be as simple as recognizing that what we do or say to ourselves in the morning will shape our day.    Dreaming is defined as "to consider a possibility or imagine". Jami underscores the importance of dreaming by revealing how three years ago she really started to dream and saw opportunities come, the dreams get bigger, and more dreams start awakening. She encourages you to dream big, and don't feel guilty about wanting more because it's okay to accomplish your dreams.    She says we get stifled in our dreams by worrying about what others will think about our dreams. But she notes that realizing your dreams can inspire others.   Tom and Jami give the following tools for accomplishing your dreams: Make a dreamboard. Don't be scared to put what you want to have or accomplish, especially when they can help other people. Choose a word for each year. This can be a theme for how you live your life and approach your year.  See it behind your eyes. When you close your eyes, what did your five-year-old self see? Over time, those dreams get pushed down and we need to rediscover what we wanted.